He's not ready to lead

Reason and evidence play no part in the McCain campaign and the echo chamber that is right-leaning media.

When the bottom began to fall out of our economy, John McCain said the "fundamentals of the economy are still strong." Two hours later, he declared that the economy was in crisis. He then "suspended" his campaign to return to Washington to fix the problem. The exact opposite happened. From that point on, his responses to the evolving economic crisis have been erratic at best, dangerously unwise at worst. Policy has changed as quickly as the news cycle can report it -- with no cohesive vision, no foundation laid out. These tactical changes were meant to appease and distract specific constituencies and run out the clock to Nov. 4.

When McCain's poll numbers continued to drop, his campaign said, "If we keep talking about the economic crisis, we're going to lose." Seriously? If you talk about the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, if you talk about the biggest crisis to affect the next president, you lose? That speaks volumes about McCain's readiness to assume the presidency.